DEVICE FOR ORAL FLUID COLLECTION CONSISTING OF ABSORBANT MATERIAL AND NESTED TUBES REQUIRING CENTRIFUGATION
This is a simple, low-cost device using absorbent material and nested tubes to collect clean, mucous-free oral fluid samples by centrifugation, making sample collection easier, more hygienic, and affordable for labs and research.
Background:
Oral fluid collection is an essential process in various fields, including clinical diagnostics, biomedical...
Published: 2/13/2026
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Inventor(s): Aaron Glass
Keywords(s): saliva, Salivary biomarkers, specimen collection, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > Upstate Medical University, Technology Classifications > Medical Devices, Technology Classifications > Diagnostics
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Rapid, robust, and near point-of-care saliva-based nucleic acid detection of dengue virus infections
This technology enables rapid, non-invasive detection and differentiation of all four dengue virus serotypes using saliva samples, with advanced qPCR and RT-LAMP assays, making dengue diagnosis easier, faster, and more accessible without the need for blood draws.
Background:
Dengue virus (DENV) is a major global health concern, with hundreds of millions...
Published: 2/17/2026
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Inventor(s): Frank Middleton, Stephen Thomas, Adam Waickman, Timothy Rooney
Keywords(s): diagnostics, disease diagnosis, isothermal amplification (LAMP), nucleic acid, PCR, RNA viruses, saliva, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > Upstate Medical University, Technology Classifications > Screens and Assays, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering
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Multiplexed Saliva-based Immunodiagnostics for Assessing Anti-flavivirus Immunity
An easy-to-use method for rapidly, accurately, and non-invasively assessing flavivirus immunity by measuring various antibody classes present in saliva.
Background:
Flaviviruses (including dengue virus) are the most common vector-borne human viral pathogens in the world. Nearly 40% of the world’s population are at risk of infection with dengue...
Published: 1/30/2026
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Inventor(s): Adam Waickman, Stephen Thomas, Frank Middleton
Keywords(s): antibodies, antibody, infectious diseases, saliva, Technologies, viral immunology
Category(s): Campus > Upstate Medical University, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Technology Classifications > Healthcare, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics and Vaccines
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Algorithm for Identifying Images of Fluorescently-Labeled Cells
Improves the ability to distinguish multiple fluorophores with overlapping emission spectra in biological images of labeled cells by a factor of two or more.
Background:
Cells (including normal and tumor cells), tissues, microbial communities, and other biological systems generally consist of multiple interacting components, especially proteins...
Published: 1/30/2026
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Inventor(s): Alex Valm, Yunlong Feng
Keywords(s): bacterial cells, bacterial infection, bioengineering, biofilm control, bioinformatics, biomarker diagnostics, biomarkers, cancer, cell biology, computational biology, dental, diagnostics, digital image processing, fluorescence, fluorescence spectroscopy, gene expression analysis, image analysis, image processing, machine learning, medical imaging, microbial pathogenesis, personalized medicine, RNA, saliva, scanning microscopy, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Albany, Technology Classifications > Biological Materials, Technology Classifications > Biomedical Science and Engineering, Technology Classifications > Healthcare, Technology Classifications > Medical Imaging, Technology Classifications > Research Tools and Reagents, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics and Vaccines
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Identification of Body Fluids Using Raman Spectroscopy
A one-step confirmatory test to identify forensic body fluid samples.
Technology Overview:
This simple, non-destructive method for positive identification of all forensic body fluid types, is based on Raman Spectroscopy,a light scattering phenomenon that provides a unique molecular vibrational signature of a material. The patented technology...
Published: 1/30/2026
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Inventor(s): Igor Lednev, Kelly Virkler
Keywords(s): 3D printing, blood, evidentiary sample, fluorescence spectroscopy, forensics, oral epithelial cells, Raman microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, saliva, semen, sperm, sweat, TAF, vaginal epithelial cells, vaginal fluid
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Diagnostics, Campus > University at Albany
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